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Job Summary:
The Supplier Quality Engineer - Technical Specialist concentrates his/her product specific quality and technical skills to develop complex suppliers and products that can meet customer requirements; requires strong partnerships with the external supply base, with supply chain teams and with engineering to achieve results
Key Responsibilities:
Build strong relationships with all critical partners to improve quality and business outcomes, including: external suppliers, external customers, and internal customers and stakeholders, such as Purchasing, Manufacturing and Engineering; coach and mentor Cummins professionals on how to strengthen the soft skills required to develop effective relationships. Support the cross-functional development of external supply base strategies and the cross-functional supplier selection process for any given component; experience and skills will be utilized to support increasingly complex products.
Provide manufacturing consultation to external suppliers in order to design a Right First Time manufacturing process that enables conformance to the engineering print, engineering standards and customer specific requirements; experience and skills will be utilized to support increasingly complex products.
Apply industry common Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) processes, Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) tools, and Cummins specialty tools to develop zero defect components within the external supply base; coach and mentor Supplier and Cummins professionals on how to improve effectiveness of APQP execution; experience and skills will be utilized to support increasingly complex products.
Embrace continuous improvement in the external supply base by leading complex product and process focused projects that utilize industry proven methodologies, such as lean and six-sigma.
Conduct external supplier audits in support of supplier risk mitigation, supplier readiness, and supplier performance improvement; coach and mentor Cummins professionals on how to improve auditing effectiveness. Lead increasingly complex quality improvement plans within the external supply base in order to improve supplier performance. Ensure resolution of increasingly complex external supplier related quality challenges, by leading root cause analysis, by supporting development of corrective actions and by verifying the effectiveness of corrective actions; coach and mentor Supplier and Cummins professionals on how to improve effectiveness of problem resolution.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree or above in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Automotive Engineering, Quality Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
Typically 8 or more years of relevant experience in Supplier Quality, Manufacturing Quality, Product Engineering, Process Engineering, or Supplier Development.
Strong knowledge of supplier quality systems and core quality tools, including:
APQP
PPAP
PFMEA
Control Plan
MSA
SPC
Process Capability
7Step/8D and Root Cause Analysis
Knowledge of forging, machining, grinding, heat treatment, gear manufacturing, surface treatment, and metallurgical inspection.
Demonstrated ability to assess supplier manufacturing capability and identify technical risks.
Experience leading supplier development, new product introduction, localization, or source-change projects.
Strong project management skills, including milestone management, risk management, action tracking, and stakeholder coordination.
Strong problem-solving, data analysis, and decision-making capability.
Good written and spoken English, with the ability to lead technical meetings and communicate with global stakeholders.
Ability and willingness to travel to supplier and manufacturing locations based on business needs.
Preferred Qualifications
Direct experience with one or more of the following categories:
Crankshafts
Engine bearings
Bushings
Connecting-rod or main-bearing interfaces
Timing gears or power-transmission gears
Other precision-machined engine components
Experience supporting diesel engines, HHP engine, power systems, heavy-duty equipment, or industrial manufacturing.
Competencies:
Communicates effectively - Developing and delivering multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences.
Customer focus - Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.
Auditing - Applying auditing skills and techniques and Quality Management Systems knowledge to effectively appraise a manufacturing process for quality and safety risks and non-conformances.
Interpreting Technical Requirements - Applying knowledge of Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing principles and Engineering Standards to correctly interpret the technical requirements of an engineering drawing; Applying knowledge to improve a product’s design for manufacturability and measurability.
Manufacturing Process Design
Work arrangement
Yes
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